Pillow-sham holder



(No Model.)

S. R. S. UPFORD.

PILLOW SHAM HZOLDERQ PatentedNbv." 13, 18 83.

WITNESSES N. PETERS. Phnbuhmmwr, Wahlngton. n. a

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STEPHEN It. S. UFFORD, OF BA'IAVIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO JAMES" M. INNES, or AURORA, ILLINOIS.

-PlLLO W-SHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,515, dated November 13, 1883.

Application filed June 21, 1883. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, STEPHEN R. S. UFFORD, of Batavia, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in pillow-sham holders, the object of the same being to provide a device of this character which shall combine simplicity and economy of construction with durability and efficiency in use; and with these objects in view my invention consists in certain details of construe tion and combinations of parts, as will be herethe slots or grooves a, running across the inner faces thereof, and also with the central perforations, in which are adapted to fit the outer ends of the sectional cross-bar D. This bar is preferably made in two sections connected by a metallic tube, E, to which one section is rigidly secured. Within this tube and between the ends of the two sections of the cross-bar D is placed a spiral spring, F. Near the outer ends of the cross-bar D is secured the wire frame G, one side of which is adaptedto fit in the slot or groove (4, formed on the inner face of the bracket 0. One end of the said crossbar is provided with a washer, H, located between the bracket 0 and frame G the spiral spring F tending to keep the said washer against the brackfil' m It will now be seen that by this arrangement and construction of parts the device is self-locking, the spiral spring F having a constant tendency to separate the two sections of the cross-bar, thereby keeping the washer H up against one bracket andthe side of the frame against the other bracket, the said frame, when turned, entering the slot or groove a in the bracket from the pressure of the spring. It will be seen that the slot runs parallel with the head-board, thereby adapting itself to keep the frame in an elevated position when in the groove. If the frame is in its raised position and it is desired to lower it, it. is simply necessary to press inwardly the I projecting end of the cross-bar on the locking side thereof, which presses that section of the barinwardly and releases the frame from the groove a, and allows the frame to be lowered, the sham resting thereon. As the pillows pre vent the frame from lowering a sufficient distance to enter the groove, it (the frame) is always ready to be raised, and when again elevated enters the groove a, as before stated, and cannot be released by any sudden jar or movement-as, for instance, by turning over in bed.

By providing each bracket with the groove on the bar may be taken out and turned around, thereby rendering it capable of being manipulated from either side of the bed, the washer H preventing the frame from looking on the other side, and the parts being retained in their proper relative position by means of the projection c, traveling in the slot (Z, formed in the metal tube. My invention is simple in construction, is of few parts, can be manufactured at a small initial cost, and is adapted to be applied to any bedstead.

It is evident that slight changes in the construction and relative arrangement of the different parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention. There fore I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination, with supporting-brackets, one of which is provided with a groove, of a sectional crossbar provided with a spring to enable the bar to be contracted and expanded in length, the ends of said cross-bar being j ournaled in said supporting brackets, and the pillow sham naled in said brackets, the frameG, and Washer frame having its arms rigidly secured to the H, all of the above parts combined and adaptends of the crossbar, the parts being coned to operate as described. structed and arranged substantially as de- In testimony whereof I have signed this 5 scribed, to adapt one end of the frame to be specification in the presence of two subscribr 5 removably secured within the groove in the ing Witnesses. v

supporting-bracket, substantially as set forth. STEPHEN R. S. -UFFORD.

2. In a pillow-sham holder, the combina- Vitnesses: tion, with the bracketsO, provided with the B. E. SPERRY, 1o grooves a, of the yielding cross-bar D, jour- H. B. SPI JRRY. 

